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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-08
LORAIN.

School in dist. Al will open on Mon
day next. with Edward Mott AS teach
er. MIR. NJ. is an experienced teacher.
having taught Is years. The school
ought to learn pretty fast under him.
VIM. Tomfort's other child is out of
danger.
There was surprise party gathered
at the house If John Moffet, in Her.
sey, on Monday night of last week, to
celebrate the 18th year of their mar.
riage. Had Il merry time. Oysters
and cake for refreshments.
Mr.. Williams had lawsuit with Mr..
BLY, about some wages.
There was ''bee" formed to haul
Mr.. Tomfort's hay on Monday, and
they rushed it i'll to town in good
shape, some s teams hauling.
Miss Anna Gibson will teach the
Vosburg school this winter.
Carl Leistico's children are improv-
ing under the charge of DR.. Kenyon.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-08

Prayers are being offered in many
chapels in Ireland in behalf of O'Brien,
the man whom the English Govern
ment is prosecuting. If he dies from
the effect of his treatment in Jail the
crime will be remembered against the
English for generations to come. It
is the wonder of wonders that y gov
erDment claiming, as England does,
to be christian, should exhibit so many
of the traits of barbarism AS it does in
its treatment of 1reland.-Denver Re-
publican.
He is merely an editor and in Jail for
speaking his mind freely. he is of
course charged with melting resist.
ance to the ''l~w." There must be a
trumped up charge, you know, of in
citing resistance or violence. Here in
America he would have been promptly
hanged or sent to the penitentiary. In
England he only goes to Jail.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-08
DEWALD.

Winter seems to have come at last.
Well, 1 guess most every one is ready.
School has commenced in dist. AZ
with Mrs. CheesbrO, of Rushmore, AS
teacher.
They had a minor arrival at Mr..
Ayers week or two ago. 1t is No.
8, and girl.
Miss Annie Sundberg has come home
from Iowa.
J. H. Maxwell is building an addi-
tiOn to his barn.
Mr.. Boldly has his new barn done.
lie and his son Charlie are going tn
California soon.
MIR. Baird has built a sheep shed this
fall.
Hope the mill in w. will get to max
ing -four soon. SEC. IL.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-08

Congress met promptly on Monday
and organized without any delay or
difficulty. It should devote the win
ter to undoing vast amount of iniqui.
tous legislation done in the past, and
fight shy of any more new laws.
The testimony in the second trial Of
Arensdorf. on charge of shooting
Rev. Haddock, ut Sioux City. is all in,
and the lawyers are summing up. Our
opinion is that if there is u temperance
jury he will be convicted; if not, not.
We have always believed that Arens-
dOrf hired some rou9hs to I'D up Had
dock, ," rs the phrase was, and that the
william who attempted it was afraid to
grapple him, and therefore shot him.
The Boston Globe sent a reporter to
interview the preachers of Boston re-
Rarding the execution of the anarch-
lists, and with scarcely an exception
they united in endorsing the hanging.
That big animal, irritable, coarse look
ing fraud, Rev. Joseph Cook, the fl.
nous lecturer, said: May God have
mercy on their souls, but may Gov.
Oghsby not have mercy on their bod.
ies." We noted the fact recently that
out of % Methodist preachers in Cleve-
land, Ohio, % sent a message to Gov.
OQlesby not to commute the sentence.
Yes, the clergy are almost solid for
capital punishment, judicial murder,
and the killing of lhen for free speech.
Congress is on hand promptly to
keep the law mill grinding for the ma
ton, but poor Minnesota will be with
out legislature this winter. Last
winter that body did yoemen service.
Very few people asked for law who
didn't get it. There were some 700
bills introduced and from 800 to 400
passed. The country is law.mad as
we'll as money mad. The state every
year creates hundreds of new crimes,
makes offences where there are none.
The legislatures are crime makers as
well as law makers. Down in Mis-
souri,, for instance, it is crime, punish
able by fine and imprisonment, to rub
\ mans leg for the rheumatism. The
American people seem to I've running
mad with Il fierce desire to regulate
everything and everybody by law. This
is breeding anarchists by the hundred,
and the anarchists are partly right in
fighting ''law.'' Too much law is
worse than too little. Laws which op-
press, suppress and distress the people
are becoming 50 numerous that those
who suffer are becoming desperate.
The |'classes" must call a halt on
''class legislation, Or anarchists will
become as thick as workingmen.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-08
THE f ROYAL ROUTE.
Chicago,
St. Paul,
Minneapolis
r. Omaha

Chicago & Northwestern Rys.,
Offers the best service, and makes the fastest
time Of any line between It. Paul and Chicago,
and between st. Paul, Sioux City, Omaha, Des
M"ineS, and Kansas City. Al! trai''s carrying
through sleeperS nd making close connection
at Omaha and Kansas City for California points
This l. the short line to Chicago. no change Of
cars and all classes Of tickets honOred. Two
trains day each way with finest Pullman sleep.
erS and most modern dining cars, on which ev-
cry delicacy OF the season ma: he obtained at a
moderate price. These dining cars are a spec
ial feature Of the "ltOyal Route" and for liberal
service and comfort are unequalled by any in
the world.
For Duluth. Ashland and all Lake Superior
points, take this route from st Paul. Minneap-
oils, Eau Claire. and all stations East or S,uth.
% rarlor . cars on day trains: through s!cepers on
NJ. l.. =. Il W. trains for the lion mines.
BUY your tickets over the Chicago. st. Paul
minneapolis & Omaha railway, and you will
never travel by any other line.
Tickets Tor sale by all ticket agents.
For time tables aud other Information apply
r. W. TEASDALE. Gen. Pass AIT.
Asst Cen. Pass: Agt. Trav. Pass. Agt
4oIy ST. PAUL. MINI.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-08

Speaking of dyphtheria, the Mime
apolis Tribune says: 1.-THE New York
board of health not long ago discover
ed that in the great majority Of in
stances where this disease made its ap-
pearance, the patients were those ac-
customed to the night lamp"
The kerosene lamp turned low is
what does it. No better device for
poisoning the air of room Is known,
unless it be q leaking hard coal
stove.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-08

The Religio-Philosophical Journal.
the veteran paper devoted to the spirit
ual philosophy in the west, is pr~par
ing 4 grand holiday number, and will
publish an edition of 10000. This will
be \ good time for parties t" see and
read the Journal. Friends of the cause
are requested to send list Of names
and the money ut the rate Of SC u copy,
and the paper will he mailed directly
from the Office. Those wishing sam
pie copies and desiring to read what
spiritualists have TO say Of their cause
and their experiences, should send for
copies to John 9. Bundy, Publisher,
Chicago, III. III -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-08
COUNTY NEWS.
BREWSTER.

ID II II " - ill.,
Do you like cold snaps.
A minor arrival at Ed. Mannel's.
Ed. says its boy.
Joseph Schlegel. a farmer about five
miles from hero, had q yoke OF oxen
killed by falling down u well 16 #.
deep. The oxen instead of going ahead
backed right into the we'll.
The Brewster Dramatic Club will
give their first play, The Danger Sig
nal, on Wednesday, Dec. 28th, ut
Brewster hall. All are invited.
Mr. and Mrs. John Moffet were sur.
prised last Monday, their 18th anniver-
sary: or china welding, by large
number of friends, and were presented
with some very nice presents. Rev. j.
e. Humiston, of this place. married
them once more. Everybody had q
very nice time till x O. C.. in tho even
ing when all departed for home. F.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-08
BUCKLEN's ARN1CA sALvE.

BUCKLEN 3 AKNlCA SAIVE.
The best salve in the world for cuts.
bruises, sores. ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required.
1t is guaranteed to give perfect satis-
faction, or money refunded. Price Is
cents per box. For sale by G. W.
Smith.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-08
RENEWS HER YOUTH.

Mrs. Phoebe Chesley, Peterson. Clay
county, Iowa, tells the following re.
markable story, the truth Of which is
vouched for by the residents OF the
town: II am 73 years old, have been
troubled with kidney complaint and
lameness for many years; could not
dress myself without help. Now I am
free from all pain aud soreness, and am
able to do all my own housework. l
owe my thanks to Electric Bitters for
having renewed my youth, and removed
completely all disease and pain.''
Try bottle, only SO cents, at =. w.
Smith g drugstore. 4
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HOMES IN THE WEo1

fsgseas lee1dng wsstwmd Tor Aouee
en- procure f1u infornatioa ooaees.-
ing tho 0A1D1U opo9 q Iowa q
Minnesota b olhooeihi1G ter 4 -
WortAi1gtea ADvA1cAL poblishs1 o
WortAlngto0, 10nn0o9A, 0ood o ~
80 yooz. d tee ok nootAa. anA O.
oe1to for tAroo 0ontha - ADvAuoR
Werthingtea. MOBILES c. NinnssseA
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-08

The American Live Stock Insurance
Co.. OF St. Paul, insures Live Stock
against death caused by accident or dis
ease. Also against theft. For particu-
lars apply to 3. K1NDLUND,
IL I'm Agent for Mobiles Co.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-08

See the adv. of the St. Paul Pioneer
Press in another column. The Pioneer
Republican paper of the Northwest.
1t is remarkable 70, the vigor Of its
editorials and its reliability in all de-
partments. It is an "edited' paper
in the fullest sense, everything that
goes into its makeup being apparently
carefully written or carefully edited.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-08
DR.. BULLS COUGH $YRuP

For the cure Of coughs, co1ds, lIoasse.
Wseop;ne eoaes, H5s1'Gis iae,p;ess 5sseeeeas eoa.
sumptive persons in advanced etaqes
gists. Price, IS cents.
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GO WEST!

But before yon 60, either as a tourist
or settler. send rs cents for a copy of
The West Shore, magazine which
makes specially Of illustrating and
describing the magnificent scenery of
the West, its cities, towns and re-.
sources. It is the only illustrated
magazine on the Pacific coast. and has
no superior in the United States in
artistic merit. For. $3.50 it will be
sent one year, and the beautiful oleo-
graph, "Entrance to the Columbia
2iyer." will be sent as q premium.
Address, L. SAMUEL. Publisher,
Portland, Oregon.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-08

MOBILES COUNTY MARS.
A supply of new Mobiles County
Maps for sale At this office at 10 cents
each,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-18
afraid. Little Jerome had been kind.

afraid. Little Jerome had been kind,
and the two animals never roved nor
growled as he sat down; but he did not
touch them.
There he sat; the people cheercd, and
cried: "Hurrahr They threw money
into the cage. The elephant picked
some Of it up, and gave it to Jerome,
who came out safely! In the evening
he went in again; the lionness and the
panther never moved paw against
him, and SO on for four times he went
in, and made great deal of money.
The wicked Maltait was very angry,
and said: THE animals are stuffed, not
alive So the people made him 60,
and pushed him in! The lionness never
moved! s.Ah" he said; '.you see it's
all shamr'
But the panther knew him. 1t knew
it's cruel old masters voice; and as he
was going away it turned and sprang
on him! His legs were fearfully hurt.
and one had to be cut off, So he was
punished well for his cruelty.
The little jerome never went into the
cage again; and when he grew up had
quite forgotten all about his adventure
with the panther and the lionness.-
Lucy Farmer, in Little Folks.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-18
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
WONDERFUL POCKETS.

Oh! such wonderful, wonderful pockets
AS grandpa's never were known;
They're rs lean Is can be In the morning,
But At nightfall 90 plump they have grown
That they're ready to burst, for packed in then
Is many game and toy,
With candies and cakes for the giriies
And lots of-thc same for the boy.
And oranges, apples, and cherries,
Bananas, and peaches and berries,
Balls, marbles, and beautiful dollies,
Mimic kittens, and monkeys, and politics.
Yes, and even torpedoes and rockets
Have been found In these WONDERFUL pockets,
Grandpa's pockets.
Oh! such wonderful, wonderful pocketsi
Like stockings at Christmas are they;
But there's only one night for the stockings
And these-why, they're filed every dayl
And oh. how the rosy cheeks dimple
With smiles that are loving and bright,
As the dear old mans spied in the distance
And welcomed with shrieks OF delight.
For sets Of the prettiest dishes
On which to serve dinners delicious, -
And cunning wee sofas and tables,
And books filled with jingles and fables,
And hnger-rings, bracelets, and lockets
Have been found in these wonderful pockets,
Grandpa's pockets
--Mdvgdra Eytiage, IN Wide A,cake
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-18
THE COMIC PAPER.

4 Writer for One Tells How the Average
Woman WIN Read II
1t is not often that a woman buys q
comic paper to read on an elevated car,
but when she does it is curious to OBJ
serve her. She looks as solemn as
though she were reading the obituary
Of near and dear friend. She chances
at the cartoon on the first page to COM
mence with, and after feeble attempt
to comprehend it she turns to the last
page and reads very carefully an adj
vertisement of some new style Of cor
set Then she opens anywhere, and
looks at comic picture without read
ing the accompanying description, and
reads the inscription Of another Illus
tration without looking at the picture.
She pursues a mild squib ON women,
and her lips curl with gentle scorn,
while her lips move as though she were
saying: HE thinks he's smart, doesn't
hep She forgets her momentary re-
sentiment, however, in going over .
reading notice (top of column, next to
pure reading matter) Of q preparation
to beautify the female complexion. She
finally strikes q patent-medicine por.
trait and tosses her head as il to say:
I've seen that picture in lots of papers
before, and it amt . bit funny. Thought
this paper claimed to be original .
Alter looking in vain TOR q department
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The late Industrial development ia
the South is something wonderful
Farmers Rcriew.
There are 5000 men employed 10
drift-mining in California, and the prod
uct is $1,000. 900 year.
"A Club lock exhibited showed that
variation of only the two-hundredth
part of an inch in one of the steps of
the key was sufficient to render the key
useless.--Boston Budget.
BY an improved process, in which
a compound prepared by coking iron
and pitch together is used as the reduc-
ing agent, an English chemist claims
to be able to lower the cost of metallic
sodium to about thirty cents pound
when produced on a large scale.
I'm certain Austrian coal mines
work is suspended in dangerous places
during fall of the barometer. expert
ments still in progress having shown
that the quantity and intensity of ex-
plosive gases greatly increase as the
degree of atmospheric pressure dimin-
ishes.
"A scientific novelty is a lens which
magnifies, yet is perfectly fat on both
sides. 1t is made at Jena by the manu-
facturers of Prof. Abbe's new optical
glass. The lens consists OF single
disc whose density varies so that its re-
fractive power decreases regularly from
the surface inward.
Among the reported discoveries for
the prevention of rabies is that of DR..
Fernandez, of Barcelona, who claims
that dog that has been bitten by a
viper never has rabies. and can not be-
come rabid when inoculated. He
has inoculated dogs with viper's poison,
and he holds that under no circum-
stances will they ever become rabid.
New Orleans is sharing largely in
the manufacturing boom which is now
spreading over the South. In one
number of Southern paper a boot
and shoe factory, wire-works factory,
factory for the extraction Of turpen-
tine from pine-knots, three tobacco fac
tories, and glycerine and stearine
factory are mentioned as having been
either started or projected in New Or
leans, besides company for line Of
steamers to run to Columbus, Ga.
"A writer in a Canadian paper,
speaking Of the possibilities of pulp as
a substitute for lumber in the manu-
facture of furniture and other articles,
now exclusively made of wood, calls
attention to the resources afforded by
Northern Canada for the best pulp
making woods. 1t is found that in
some localities the forests are now at
the best age for pulping purposes, and
capable Of yielding from forty to 10
cords per acre, if the whole of the TIM
Der were utilized. By mixing the pulp
with clays, stealite, asbestos, plumba-
go. mica, ETC., substances of every pos
sible color and compactness may be
produced.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-18
OLD MEN IN EUROPE.

The Important Part Played By Thorn In
the Political AhFsirs of the Day,
The extent to which the old men
Europe are engaged in the active occu-
pations of life is phenomenal to the
American mind. Ferdinand de Lesseps,
in his eighty-second year, has recently
paid visit to the Emperor William, Of
Germany, aged ninety, to talk over
business connected with the Suez and
Panama canals. 1t will be some years
before the latter enterprise can be
finished at best, but its protector acts
as il he would be ready to undertake
another work of the same magnitude
after its completion. OF course Prime
Minister Bismarck, comparatively
young man of seventy-four, had to be
called into consultation. and it is fair to
suppose that COMMUNICATIVE Chief of
the German armies, Won Moltke, aged
eighty-seven, who recently made such
a stirring speech in the Reichstag, had
something to say on the subject.
De Lesseps does not appear to have
gained much by his visit from BUSH
ness point of view, but he was able to
carry home to President of the French
Republic Grevy. aged eighty, express
sions of friendship which, it is to he
hoped, were sincere. While those old
men were thus talking to each other OH
the Continent, on the other side OF the
Channel Gladstone, aged seventy-sevens
was girding up his loins to lead the
Parliamentary fight in favor of Irish
Home Rule. His old friend and CO.
laborer, John Bright, aged seventy-six,
is taking an active interest in opposing
him.
1t requires but q glance at the public
men Of this country to see how far we
are removed from this state of things.
The President of the French Republic
might easily be father to man ten
years older than our President, and the
German Emperor might be grand
father to him. The youngest Of the
men mentioned is old enough to be
superannuated and placed on the PEN
sion list by our laws as an ex-Supreme
Court Justice. 1t is an extremely rare
thing with us for a man of seventy to
be busily occupied in political duties.
Aud what is true Of public life here is
largely true of private activity.
Why this difference between men ON
the two sides Of the Atlantic? Is it
climate, early overwork and pressure,
manner of living, or all combined, that
thus consumes our energies before their
timer The question is an interesting
one, and worth study. IN r World.
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EXCITING CONTESTS.
How Students 1T German UnIversIties Pre-
pare Themselves for Dueling.


pare Themselves for Dueling.
He was first enveIoped in large
white gaberdine. Next his throat was
protected by bands of thick cloth,
wound tightly round and round until il
seemed well-nigh impossible for him to
move his head. The front of his BODY
was then covered with what looked very
like dropsical cricket pad on a large
scale, extending from the chest to the
knees The sword arm, from the wrist
to the shoulder, was then padded and
banhaged to three times its natural
size, and the hand guarded by thick
leathern gauntlet. Lastly. a pair of
spettacles, trimmed with metal, pro-
tected the ewes. The schiagcr. or duel
ing bword, is then placed in his hand
q nasty looking weapon about yard
andsa quarter in length, quite blunt but
for about ten inches at the end, where
it is double-edged and as sharp as a
razor. Thus accoutred, our hero, being
the challenging party, walks slowly
forward to the middle of the ground,
his right arm. which must be terribly
heavy, supported by the Fuchs, or
junior Freshman of the Verbindung, and
surrounded by his comrades and adj
mirers. Meanwhile the same elaborate
preparations have been going on
at the other end of the ground,
and in a few moments the men
are standing opposite each other, the
one small and 1.-THE, the other stout
heavy man, with the head and neck of
q bull. Each man has his second-alsc
partially protected by padding-who
stands close by him on the left, with
blunt sword in his hand. Between the
two, but at a safe distance, stands the
umpire. Just behind is an attendant
with basin Of water, a sponge and a
chair, while the doctors hover round
the group like vultures scenting slaugh-
ter from afar. The buzz of converse
ton in the ring is Immediately hushed
as the umpire calls "Silentium, eur
Mensurr' and announces that two men,
bers of such and such Verbindungen will
fight for fifteen minutes. Then one of
the seconds gives the word to cross
swords; and as the two figures in the
middle stand with right arms high in
the air and swords crossed, the other
second cries s'Losr' and off they go.
The strokes, coming entirely from the
wrist, rain down SO rapidly that it is
almost impossible for an inexperienced
eye to follow them, but as each one is
guarded one hears the sharp thwack of
The sword as it descends harmless ON
some part Of the padding of the shoulder
Or throat. Suddenly small! tuft of
hair seems to spring from the big mans
head. ssHaltr' cries his opponents
second. The swords are instantly struck
up by the seconds and the umpire steps
up to examine the head. 1t was close
shave, but the skin is whole, so they
start again. The men are now getting
terribly excited. Breathless and pant
ng they slash away at each other. and
/ is no easy matter for the seconds to
stop them at the word .'halt. "-London
Society,".